Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas ruled back then that the union was unconstitutional as it applied to the plaintiffs in that case -- Madison Teachers Inc. and a Milwaukee city union.

Colas later clarified that his ruling applied statewide, and he held the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission in contempt-of-court for preparing annual re-certification elections required by public unions.

Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas ruled last year the restrictions unfairly burden school district and municipal union members by infringing on their constitutional rights to free speech, association and equal protection.

Colas' ruling didn't affect state workers but it was unclear how broadly it applied to local public unions.
Insisting the ruling applied only to Madison teachers and Milwaukee public workers, the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission continued to prepare for certification elections for hundreds of school district worker unions that had been set for this month.

Six unions not involved in the case asked Colas to find WERC in contempt of court.
Colas granted the request in October, declaring his ruling meant no one could enforce the restrictions against any local public union.

In September 2012, Dane County Judge Juan Colas agreed with the unions and declared unconstitutional the main elements of the law, such as the ones dealing with dues collection and annual union elections.

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Complicating the case is how the state responded to Colas' finding that Act 10 was unconstitutional, and a ruling by him last month that Walker's appointees to the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission were in contempt of court.

Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas recently said the state employment relations agency continued with the re-certification process in violation of his decision from last year that the public union bargaining limits were unconstitutional for local-and-school unions.